Someone at Square: "FF14 is a failure, how can we shut it down to remake the game then relaunch it?" employee A: "Just shut it down?" employee B who got a pay raise: "Make Bahamut nuke the world"
LMAO "B who got a pay raise". Yes I'm certain that they did hahaha! That was probably the best way they could have gone out! Hi peregrine and Welcome to the channel my friend. Happy to have you here and really enjoyed the comment you posted; certainly put a smile on my face hehe. Please feel free to share more of your thoughts and ideas in other videos as well, I would love to read them. I've reacted to Heavensward and Stormblood and Shadowbringer are gonna follow very soon :)
Not too far off from what actually happened. Originally, in 1.0, it was planned for us to go to the moon and find Bahamut inside (like in FFIV), but since 1.0 was a failure, Yoshi-P asked if it was okay to "bring it down." And so it was brought down.
I prefer the way another person put it: "Welp we blew it, but the show must go on! We're not just going to kill it, we're going to kill it and make it the most amazing thing anyone's ever seen!"
Hi Mike google and Welcome to the channel my friend. Thank you for commenting and for the kind words, Bahamut is indeed one of the most famous dragons to ever exist in the realm of fantasy!
Hi Gath Zer and Welcome to the channel my friend! Haha yes, since I've played several Final Fantasy games, the name Bahamut is definitely one I shall not forget. The moment he showed up in this I was like "holy crap!" Ooh so they're called Magitek Armor, thank you for sharing that. Please feel welcome to share any other ideas or thoughts you may have regarding these trailers, I would love to read them. This trailer has definitely attracted me to the game and since watching it I've reacted to the Heavensward, Stormblood and Shadowbringer trailers. They are all AWESOME!! :)
As someone who have 14,000 hours into the game, i can definetly say that this game is the best of all time when it comes to story and PVE content. (forget about pvp). Now, this might be bit long but i think its worth xD This trailer is actually 2 trailers put together, the first one being ''End of an Era'' and the second one being ''Flames of Truth''. I will explain: When FF XIV first launched its 1.x version, the game was a huge failure. The biggest failure that Square Enix ever had actually, so they had to change the director of that game to drastically change it, and thats when Naoki Yoshida came in and made this game the 2nd most popular mmorpg, losing only to WoW ( numbers are rising and soon it will surpass WoW). At the end of the 1.x version of the game, they made an event based where that giant red moon called Dalamud was getting closer and closer, and when the final countdown to the server shutdown reached 0:00, the servers closed and the trailer was shown for the first time. Bahamut pretty much destroyed the server, haha. This trailler was called ''End of an Era'' and it ends right after the old man called Louisoix transported everyone to a safe place and suposedly sacrificed himself. When the 2.x version was launched and became a huge sucess, there was series of super hard dungeons called ''Coils of Bahamut'', which would be in the same level or even harder than WoW mythical raids, and the story behind it was that you had to figure out how Bahamut died and why his parts were scattered around the world. Around 2 years after the launch it was released the last set of ''Coil raids'' and at the end of it, you find out that the old man was the one who killed him with the blessing of the gods, gathering all the aether in the area and turning himself into a Prival, Phoenix, which is the penultimate fight of the coil series. So yeah there you have it, such awesome traillers and the reveal as to how bahamut was killed made me cry when i first finished the coil raids and saw that trailer! Ps.: The guy with the giant axe in the trailer is suposed to be you, the main character. He appears to be young on this trailler, but as the story goes on and new expansions came out, you can see how old he has become over the course of the years in the story. Its awesome. You are also known as ''Warrior of Light''. Now, even if the game was relaunched, it doesn't mean that the 1.x story was ignored. I'd advise you to watch the video : ''Final Fantasy XIV A realm Reborn : The waning of the six sun'' , which is basically the old man narrating the story of 1.x to the point where it explains why they were fighting and why Bahamut was released from Dalamud. Its such an emotional video, really really good and helps you understand where the game starts, because its a story that is not in the game anymore. Or if you want more cool cinamatics like this one, you can watch the 1st expansion of the game : FF XIV: Heavensward, the 2nd expansion : FFXIV: Stormblood, or the newest expansion that is coming in july this year : FF XIV Shadowbringers.
Oh Whoa, thanks for all this info Acknologia NA. appreciate you taking the time to write all this man. I read through it all and I had no idea we were watching two trailers combined into one. No wonder it was so lengthy. I love awesome cinematics like this that delve into the deeper lore within games. That's why I love the FF movies like Advent Children and Kingsglaive. I really loved your explanation of the Dalamud and how Bahamut was such a calamity that it destroyed the servers. Now that is how you work your story around a games production history and make it look so cool. Glad they added the trailers in conjunction with their new versions. I will definitely check out The waning of the six sun" and react to the other cinematic trailers. Love FF in general and happy to watch more. So Heavensword, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers, I'll react to them all. Thanks again for all this info man and welcome to the channel. Hope you will share more juicy info like this in the future as well :)
@@khanvolution9272 Coils are so frickin hard that even now, 2 expansions in and waiting on the 3rd most of my Free Company (FFXIV version of Guilds) have still not yet finished it xD
Hi @The Vonya and welcome to the channel. That sounds like these expansions are quite difficult indeed. I have yet to try the game myself but intend to get to it soon when I find some time. Free Company huh? That's new terminology to me but sounds awesome. Gotta round up a company of my own to tackle this game lol. Thanks for the commenting :)
Do gotta correct one detail here; the man in the trailers, who is often referred to fondly as 'Derplander', is not actually us/you the player. He isn't a character that looks like him that you'll eventually encounter either. He's sorta just the main character for the storyline as it's shown in the trailers, like he goes through the same things as us, but isn't actually -us-. But otherwise mostly correct. Thank you for reacting, guys! It made me so happy to see you both supporting each other, and I loved how intuitive and quick y'all were on the draw with so many points in the cinematic! Glad to hear you'll be reacting to the others!! If they hadn't suggested it I would have! I encourage you both to at least try the free trial of xiv; it's super lore heavy and there is a bit of something for everyone. As others have said, xiv is a love letter to Final Fantasy. ♡♡♡
Hi @Firecat0 and thank you so much for the additional info. And also a very warm welcome to the channel my friend as this is your first comment here :) Happy to have you here. I see, so this "Derplander" guy is trailer only but he faces the same trials and tribulations as us on the FF14 journey. I am very excited to see these new trailers since this one got me so hyped. After the trailers and cinematics, I will definitely have to check out the game. Gotta call my cousin over and react to the others haha. I love Final Fantasy, and glad that although late, I am able to experience this one. Thank you so much for the kind words, I really appreciate it. Please don't hesitate to share more of your thoughts in the other videos as well. Happy to read them!
That smile after he saved "us" by teleporting the player group away always got me. That is where the cutscene used to end. Everything got a proper ending later on in the life of the game, but before that, he was happy we were safe
Huge props to Square for not only realizing that the game wasn't up to snuff, but for also going this far just to give the people that loved it and played it a satisfying ending. They didn't just shutter the server with some empty apologies - when they end a game, they go all in lol. Thanks for reacting, this is one of my favourite game cinematics. ^^
Hi Mike Litoris and welcome to the channel. You're very welcome and thank you for watching again with us, we loved it. This is in my top 5 game cinematics for sure. All hail Bahamut!!!
This was a great reaction video. I remember the first time I saw that video and it blew my mind, but after these years knowing that it was the end event of the first version of the game, it is even more impressive.
With the new expansion, they will be adding the 'trust system' which will let players play the main story solo, though, even without that, the main story can be done 90% solo, with you being able to queue into a matching system for the few dungeons along the way. A Realm Reborn's story is decent enough, though it does drag a little toward the end, but from Heavensward onward the story in the game is amazing, and one of the best FF stories to date.
Hi Chewcobo and welcome to the channel my friend. Thank you so much for commenting. I intend to watch the other trailers for FF14 also prior to getting into some of the lore videos. I may also check out the game when I can find the time as many have recommended it to me. Story is easily the driving force for FF hype so looking forward to it very much man. Please feel welcome to share more of your knowledge with me in future videos as well :) I like the idea of a 90% solo main story.
Seems a lot of people are reacting to this lately, haha. This is definitely the most hype reaction I've ever seen, I love how excited you both got ☺ It was really cool how well you grasped what was going on too! A tiny bit of extra info: the guy with the axe represents the player character and his team of adventuring friends. When the old sage teleports you away, you actually get teleported 5 years into the future where the survivors are rebuilding and you find out that underground Bahamut is rebuilding itsself so you have to defeat it before it regains its strength. In reallife the game shut down for almost a year between the moment the old sage teleports you away and you waking up 5 years in the future (and then you had to go beat the raid leading up to Bahamut to get the second half of this cutscene to find out what actually had happened after you got teleported away). So it was pretty emotional for us players :)
HI Haichao TeaLover and Welcome to the channel my friend. Thank you so much for sharing the information, the more I hear about the story of this game, the more emotional I get about it's grandeur scale. I love intricate stories of sacrifice, and calamity, and insurmountable odds etc. etc. Based on what you have said, it certainly sounds like you guys had quite the emotional experience as the story's shutting down and returning flowed in correlation to the actual plot. That just adds so much realism and creativity to the game and props to the creators for designing it in such manner. I have begun to dive into some of the lore videos and am quite enjoying the story of FF14 thus far. I will react to the other trailers in time as well and some cutscenes hopefully. FF14 has definitely caught my attention! Thanks again for taking the time to write all this and sharing your insight, I appreciate it :) Please don't hesitate to share more of your thoughts in other videos as well. I would love to read them!
Really, it was only a few months between the two. When they "shut the servers down" what that was, was them making a global hardsave for A Realm Reborn. When ARR came out, if you kept your character, this is the point it was saved at. I forget how long this took, but it wasn't more than a few weeks, then they brought up a few servers so people could keep playing the game as it was while they worked on ARR, so you could have still played for awhile before the ARR Beta started, and they let ALOT of people participate in the beta. Basically, all you had to do to be a part of it was ask lol.
Hi GeeX and welcome to the channel my friend. Happy to have you hear. I loved watching all the FFXIV cinematics as they are absolutely spectacular haha!!
The lore is that Primals(Summons) are created by the fervent prayers of a race. Bahamut was reborn from the prayers for destruction from the tortured dragons that were sealed by humans 5,000 years prior after his original form died. The old guy was was given the power to become the Phoenix from the prayers of all remaining people who wanted the world to live. Thus he as the Phoenix was going to use the massive overflow of ether from the battle to allow the world to be reborn from the ashes. Enter a Realm Reborn(the 2.X servers)
Oh wow, that is such an awesome story. Hi I_Am_Dragoon and welcome to the channel my friend! Thank you so much for commenting. After viewing this awesome trailer I decided I had to watch the other trailers and see more of this world. I will shortly upload my reaction to those as well. After watching this reaction, I watched the lore video on Bahamut, but your explanation was far more easy to understand so thank you. I can't wait to get into the other trailers and soon the game :) Please don't hesitate to comment in the other videos, I would love to hear your thoughts on them.
LOL Hi Jeff Martyn!! Yes, my amazement toward the Black Mage was easily overshadowed by the arrival of Bahamut!! Welcome to the channel my friend and can't wait to hear what else you have to say :)
Louisoix's (the old man who fought Bahamut) sad smile after he succeeded in teleporting the warriors away, in a "I can now die in peace" way, ALWAYS makes me tear up. Especially since the original trailer for FFXIV: A Realm Reborn ended there. So for the longest time, you thought he literally sacrificed himself to save you. The big fight after is just "fluff" as far as I'm concerned. Sure it looks amazing, and is meant to explain how Bahamut died, but it doesn't have as much of an impact on me as the first part did.
Hi 5il3nc3r, welcome to the channel. This trailer was by far one of the most coolest trailers I have ever seen before. Loved every moments of it and I agree, the first part was spectacular!
Hi Caius! Welcome to the channel my friend and thanks so much for commenting. I intend to check out all the trailers for this since it has definitely captured my interest. I also want to try this game as you insist and have been reading up on it quite a bit these past few days. From what I've read, the story is pretty awesome! I look forward to trying it, all I need is just the time to actually play it lol! Thanks and please don't hesitate to share your thoughts in other videos as well, I would be happy to read them :)
My favorite bit in this trailer aside from the vocals starting with the war, and looking up to see armeggedon approaching, is when the old guy (I forget his name) gains power and attempts to hold back giga flare and bahamut just goes, F*ck your new power and just shatters it.
Khanvolution that was probably the fastest i have ever been responded to, by the way if you ever need someone to play ffxiv with you can give me a shout. Admittedly i’m not all that far myself, i’m only halfway through the heavensward expansion
Just seen your guy's reaction, the game and world of FFXIV is largely story driven and lore heavy, then theres the crossover stuff that happens from time to time, like in near future, Nier:Automata is going to be doing a crossover with FFXIV, I'm pretty hyped for it!
Hi Farrel Swain and welcome to the channel my friend! Wow they're gonna do a crossover with Nier:Automata, that would be something to look forward to indeed. I wonder how they're gonna tie in the crossover. Either way I'm excited hehe.
I've been playing this game since the v1.0 back in 2010. Seeing this was a treat. Let me put this into context. The Flames of Truth was a video we saw after defeating one of the most difficult raids in the game at the time. There was only privileged few who has cleared those raid that got to see this. At the time, I believe there were only 5% of the server population got to see it. Before this, we didn't know what happened to Louisoix, the old guy in the video. But Flames of Truth revealed what happened. Imagine you've witnessed the trailer after you've beaten the raid. Only you and your raid friends knew what really happened. We couldn't really share this with others either because it was a spoiler. At 6:36, Louisoix came face to face with Hydaelyn. The God in the game. And at 6:43, the twelve, the pantheon of the world who was the benevolent deities of the land. There was no dialog because they communicate in different ways. We have no idea what they said to Louisoix but soon after, Louisoix mustered everything he had to save the world. Did the Twelve said anything to him? What did Hydaelyn say to Louisoix? We don't know yet. What's even more crazy about this is after completing the latest expasion of 5.0, we became aware that our God; Hydaelyn is not what we have believed it to be. It gave us doubt about Hydaelyn's true motivation. And ask were we just a pawn? It's amazing that these trailer have different meaning every time you clear more story in the game. It's amazing in my opinion.
Hi H Koizumi and welcome to the channel my friend! Thanks for the info pal, I loved watching this cinematic, it was insanely awesome!!! FFXIV is truly an incredible world and I've just begun learning about it a few months ago. I gotta say I'm loving what I'm reading haha!
Hi 88Zuke! Welcome to the channel friend and don't worry, after witnessing the awesomeness of this trailer, I would be a fool not to check out the other trailers. I'm gonna call my cousin back to my house and we gonna watch them together so more coming for sure :) Appreciate the comment, and please feel welcome to share your thoughts in the other videos as well, I'd be happy to read them!
Hi Rai Rai and welcome to the channel my friend. I believe it's your first time here so thanks so much for commenting, happy to hear from you. I will certainly react to those trailers also as this trailer has certainly made me interested in all things FF14. I'm gonna call my cousin back to my place and watch it together with him :) Please don't hesitate to comment again and share your thoughts with me in the future, happy to read them!
Hi Jos Phoenix and welcome to the channel my friend. Oh cool, okay so the calamity still exists. Might you have a link to the extra cutscene? I would love to watch it. Btw please feel free to share your thoughts in any other videos as well, I would be happy to read them. I intend to check out the other trailers for FF14 also since this one was sooo cool!!
@@khanvolution9272 ua-cam.com/video/ch6EIVCTfnU/v-deo.html this is the last cut scene of the final coil of bahamuth through the raid it is revealed that the giant sword liek object search for the pieces of bahamut and were bringing him back to life and what the old man did was in his death due to the excess of power in th eair and th eprayer was becoming a primal a summon and thats how he was able to beat bahamuth
What?!! The old man became a primal summon? That is soo cool man. Thank you for sending the link, I will make sure to check it out with my cousin and share the reaction with you guys :)
Dang, this story sound crazy epic. Man I don't have time to play myself but I think I'll watch the lore videos and cutscenes online for sure. I love these intricate stroylines.
Amazing reaction! I've a treat for you though, the full trailer for the newest expansion released a couple weeks ago. You'll certainly love this one! ua-cam.com/video/4tyuIh12_HU/v-deo.html
Hi Daeski and welcome to the channel my friend! Thank you for your comment and the link, I will certainly react to it. These trailers are definitely another form of art meant to be appreciated and I intend to call my cousin over again to react to it with :) Thanks again and please don't hesitate to share links to any other links that you might deem worthy to react to. Plus I would love to hear your thoughts in those videos and any other videos as well :) you are more than welcome to share!
if you look to get a good story out of an FF game, then boy, FF14 has a treat for you. specifically the Heavensward and Shadowbringers expansion. Stormblood is good but doesn't live up to the other 2 expansions it's sandwiched between, and the A Realm Reborn (base game) story is admittedly a bit of a slog, but does it's job in acquainting you with the world, its politics etc. basically the setup that the expansions build on in order to shine.
Oh cool, thanks Andrea. Others have said similar regarding those expansions as well. I've only ever experienced FF through the console games so getting to realize them through the online version will be an entire new experience for me.
Oooh wow, I just checked them out. My favorites would have to be the Black Mage's Meteor, Bard's Sagitarrius Arrow, and Astrologian's limit breaks. I love the Mage/sorcerer class so a little biased on that hehe. Thanks for sharing that iddaishan, enjoyed watching it :)
HI Chrisfragger1, welcome to the channel man. Thanks for the info, I guess his transformation was when he was in that astral looking place with the crystals. That's cool, he sacrificed himself and was granted immortality as a primal.
Khanvolution unfortunately most of it is text in the non speaking parts of the game. I’ve been playing for almost 2 years and still haven’t fully read all the lore. Buuut if you want pre-ffxiv A Realm Reborn then I HIGHLY recommend the Speakers Network. Especially their short series of the lore of first iteration of the game 1.0 , and “The Fall and Rise of FFXIV”
Oh okay, yeah 'll check out their videos then. I wish I could say I would read the lore, but if there is quite a lot, I doubt I would have the time to get through much of it. So videos it is then :) Thanks man!
Hi! Just found your channel and love what I've seen! I'd like to request that you react to the Gildedguy story series, all four animations by Gildedguy please! You won't regret it!
Hi Fox Alistair and WELCOME to the channel my friend!! Happy to have you here and really appreciate you commenting. I would be happy to react to your recommendation! Is this the first videos link? Just want to make sure ua-cam.com/video/KFqsbjX8aLs/v-deo.html. Thanks and please feel welcome to share your ideas and any further recommendations in other videos as well. I would be happy to read them :)
@@khanvolution9272 Also, if it's not too much to ask, Can you react to the videos two at a time? Only because the first one is very short. Thanks again for hearing me out!
Oh yeah no problem, that makes sense, I was actually pondering that myself lol. Sure I will do that. So 1&2 together followed by 3&4. I think I'll call over my cousin again and watch with him since he loves this kind of stuff. Thanks again for the recommendation Fox Alistair :)
Hi Chinara Kami, welcome to the channel friend. I'm assuming you mean the attack Meteor? Yes the Meteor has been an incredible symbol for the Final Fantasy franchise and I am eager to see it in FF14. However I'm not sure if you are familiar with a JRPG series, called the Tale of series; I love their version of Meteor Storm as well hehe; particularly Tales of Vesperia's Meteor Storm :)
@Etherious Natsu Dragneel hahaha indeed my friend! If this dragon is the weakened version and been chilling locked up on the moon, then what's the actual dragon like man?!! Welcome to the channel and thanks for commenting. I like your E.N.D username :)
The original died like 1,000 years ago or more when the Allagans had reigned. Tiamat, his sister, witnessing his death and the enslavement of her kin, felt rage over the allagans and all of eorzea. Because of this, she accidentally summoned a primal version filled with hate and anger which is what was sealed in Dalamud this whole time. Just imagaine what the ACTUAL Bahamut could have done!
Well, there is not really any place to run. And if there was, its a little bit too late for that. So why not watch? Is the last thing you are going to see after all.
Someone at Square: "FF14 is a failure, how can we shut it down to remake the game then relaunch it?"
employee A: "Just shut it down?"
employee B who got a pay raise: "Make Bahamut nuke the world"
LMAO "B who got a pay raise". Yes I'm certain that they did hahaha! That was probably the best way they could have gone out! Hi peregrine and Welcome to the channel my friend. Happy to have you here and really enjoyed the comment you posted; certainly put a smile on my face hehe. Please feel free to share more of your thoughts and ideas in other videos as well, I would love to read them. I've reacted to Heavensward and Stormblood and Shadowbringer are gonna follow very soon :)
Not too far off from what actually happened. Originally, in 1.0, it was planned for us to go to the moon and find Bahamut inside (like in FFIV), but since 1.0 was a failure, Yoshi-P asked if it was okay to "bring it down."
And so it was brought down.
I prefer the way another person put it: "Welp we blew it, but the show must go on! We're not just going to kill it, we're going to kill it and make it the most amazing thing anyone's ever seen!"
Respect for recognizing that it was bahamut :D
Hi Mike google and Welcome to the channel my friend. Thank you for commenting and for the kind words, Bahamut is indeed one of the most famous dragons to ever exist in the realm of fantasy!
@@khanvolution9272 I believe Bahamut is from Babylonian lore. The King of Dragons.
@@Lordoftheapes79 Oh interesting, I actually didn't know how far back Bahamut was in lore. Welcome to the channel btw :)
I have seen several reaction videos, and you guys are the 1st who actually knew Bahamut's name! And the machines are called Magitek Armor
Hi Gath Zer and Welcome to the channel my friend! Haha yes, since I've played several Final Fantasy games, the name Bahamut is definitely one I shall not forget. The moment he showed up in this I was like "holy crap!" Ooh so they're called Magitek Armor, thank you for sharing that. Please feel welcome to share any other ideas or thoughts you may have regarding these trailers, I would love to read them. This trailer has definitely attracted me to the game and since watching it I've reacted to the Heavensward, Stormblood and Shadowbringer trailers. They are all AWESOME!! :)
As someone who have 14,000 hours into the game, i can definetly say that this game is the best of all time when it comes to story and PVE content. (forget about pvp).
Now, this might be bit long but i think its worth xD
This trailer is actually 2 trailers put together, the first one being ''End of an Era'' and the second one being ''Flames of Truth''. I will explain:
When FF XIV first launched its 1.x version, the game was a huge failure. The biggest failure that Square Enix ever had actually, so they had to change the director of that game to drastically change it, and thats when Naoki Yoshida came in and made this game the 2nd most popular mmorpg, losing only to WoW ( numbers are rising and soon it will surpass WoW).
At the end of the 1.x version of the game, they made an event based where that giant red moon called Dalamud was getting closer and closer, and when the final countdown to the server shutdown reached 0:00, the servers closed and the trailer was shown for the first time. Bahamut pretty much destroyed the server, haha. This trailler was called ''End of an Era'' and it ends right after the old man called Louisoix transported everyone to a safe place and suposedly sacrificed himself.
When the 2.x version was launched and became a huge sucess, there was series of super hard dungeons called ''Coils of Bahamut'', which would be in the same level or even harder than WoW mythical raids, and the story behind it was that you had to figure out how Bahamut died and why his parts were scattered around the world. Around 2 years after the launch it was released the last set of ''Coil raids'' and at the end of it, you find out that the old man was the one who killed him with the blessing of the gods, gathering all the aether in the area and turning himself into a Prival, Phoenix, which is the penultimate fight of the coil series.
So yeah there you have it, such awesome traillers and the reveal as to how bahamut was killed made me cry when i first finished the coil raids and saw that trailer!
Ps.: The guy with the giant axe in the trailer is suposed to be you, the main character. He appears to be young on this trailler, but as the story goes on and new expansions came out, you can see how old he has become over the course of the years in the story. Its awesome. You are also known as ''Warrior of Light''.
Now, even if the game was relaunched, it doesn't mean that the 1.x story was ignored. I'd advise you to watch the video : ''Final Fantasy XIV A realm Reborn : The waning of the six sun'' , which is basically the old man narrating the story of 1.x to the point where it explains why they were fighting and why Bahamut was released from Dalamud. Its such an emotional video, really really good and helps you understand where the game starts, because its a story that is not in the game anymore.
Or if you want more cool cinamatics like this one, you can watch the 1st expansion of the game : FF XIV: Heavensward, the 2nd expansion : FFXIV: Stormblood, or the newest expansion that is coming in july this year : FF XIV Shadowbringers.
Oh Whoa, thanks for all this info Acknologia NA. appreciate you taking the time to write all this man. I read through it all and I had no idea we were watching two trailers combined into one. No wonder it was so lengthy. I love awesome cinematics like this that delve into the deeper lore within games. That's why I love the FF movies like Advent Children and Kingsglaive. I really loved your explanation of the Dalamud and how Bahamut was such a calamity that it destroyed the servers. Now that is how you work your story around a games production history and make it look so cool. Glad they added the trailers in conjunction with their new versions. I will definitely check out The waning of the six sun" and react to the other cinematic trailers. Love FF in general and happy to watch more. So Heavensword, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers, I'll react to them all. Thanks again for all this info man and welcome to the channel. Hope you will share more juicy info like this in the future as well :)
@@khanvolution9272 Coils are so frickin hard that even now, 2 expansions in and waiting on the 3rd most of my Free Company (FFXIV version of Guilds) have still not yet finished it xD
Hi @The Vonya and welcome to the channel. That sounds like these expansions are quite difficult indeed. I have yet to try the game myself but intend to get to it soon when I find some time. Free Company huh? That's new terminology to me but sounds awesome. Gotta round up a company of my own to tackle this game lol. Thanks for the commenting :)
Do gotta correct one detail here; the man in the trailers, who is often referred to fondly as 'Derplander', is not actually us/you the player. He isn't a character that looks like him that you'll eventually encounter either. He's sorta just the main character for the storyline as it's shown in the trailers, like he goes through the same things as us, but isn't actually -us-. But otherwise mostly correct.
Thank you for reacting, guys! It made me so happy to see you both supporting each other, and I loved how intuitive and quick y'all were on the draw with so many points in the cinematic! Glad to hear you'll be reacting to the others!! If they hadn't suggested it I would have!
I encourage you both to at least try the free trial of xiv; it's super lore heavy and there is a bit of something for everyone. As others have said, xiv is a love letter to Final Fantasy. ♡♡♡
Hi @Firecat0 and thank you so much for the additional info. And also a very warm welcome to the channel my friend as this is your first comment here :) Happy to have you here. I see, so this "Derplander" guy is trailer only but he faces the same trials and tribulations as us on the FF14 journey. I am very excited to see these new trailers since this one got me so hyped. After the trailers and cinematics, I will definitely have to check out the game. Gotta call my cousin over and react to the others haha. I love Final Fantasy, and glad that although late, I am able to experience this one. Thank you so much for the kind words, I really appreciate it. Please don't hesitate to share more of your thoughts in the other videos as well. Happy to read them!
That smile after he saved "us" by teleporting the player group away always got me. That is where the cutscene used to end. Everything got a proper ending later on in the life of the game, but before that, he was happy we were safe
Even without knowing anything about the series, even I felt a feeling of accomplished relief from that smile at the end.
Huge props to Square for not only realizing that the game wasn't up to snuff, but for also going this far just to give the people that loved it and played it a satisfying ending.
They didn't just shutter the server with some empty apologies - when they end a game, they go all in lol. Thanks for reacting, this is one of my favourite game cinematics. ^^
Hi Mike Litoris and welcome to the channel. You're very welcome and thank you for watching again with us, we loved it. This is in my top 5 game cinematics for sure. All hail Bahamut!!!
Yeah, for those of us who were there, well, it was something that you'll never fully understand from the outside.
This was a great reaction video. I remember the first time I saw that video and it blew my mind, but after these years knowing that it was the end event of the first version of the game, it is even more impressive.
Yes, when we learned what this cinematic actually meant for the game, its story, and how it evolved afterwards, it kinda blew our minds!
With the new expansion, they will be adding the 'trust system' which will let players play the main story solo, though, even without that, the main story can be done 90% solo, with you being able to queue into a matching system for the few dungeons along the way. A Realm Reborn's story is decent enough, though it does drag a little toward the end, but from Heavensward onward the story in the game is amazing, and one of the best FF stories to date.
Hi Chewcobo and welcome to the channel my friend. Thank you so much for commenting. I intend to watch the other trailers for FF14 also prior to getting into some of the lore videos. I may also check out the game when I can find the time as many have recommended it to me. Story is easily the driving force for FF hype so looking forward to it very much man. Please feel welcome to share more of your knowledge with me in future videos as well :) I like the idea of a 90% solo main story.
Seems a lot of people are reacting to this lately, haha. This is definitely the most hype reaction I've ever seen, I love how excited you both got ☺
It was really cool how well you grasped what was going on too!
A tiny bit of extra info: the guy with the axe represents the player character and his team of adventuring friends. When the old sage teleports you away, you actually get teleported 5 years into the future where the survivors are rebuilding and you find out that underground Bahamut is rebuilding itsself so you have to defeat it before it regains its strength.
In reallife the game shut down for almost a year between the moment the old sage teleports you away and you waking up 5 years in the future (and then you had to go beat the raid leading up to Bahamut to get the second half of this cutscene to find out what actually had happened after you got teleported away). So it was pretty emotional for us players :)
HI Haichao TeaLover and Welcome to the channel my friend. Thank you so much for sharing the information, the more I hear about the story of this game, the more emotional I get about it's grandeur scale. I love intricate stories of sacrifice, and calamity, and insurmountable odds etc. etc. Based on what you have said, it certainly sounds like you guys had quite the emotional experience as the story's shutting down and returning flowed in correlation to the actual plot. That just adds so much realism and creativity to the game and props to the creators for designing it in such manner. I have begun to dive into some of the lore videos and am quite enjoying the story of FF14 thus far. I will react to the other trailers in time as well and some cutscenes hopefully. FF14 has definitely caught my attention! Thanks again for taking the time to write all this and sharing your insight, I appreciate it :) Please don't hesitate to share more of your thoughts in other videos as well. I would love to read them!
Really, it was only a few months between the two. When they "shut the servers down" what that was, was them making a global hardsave for A Realm Reborn. When ARR came out, if you kept your character, this is the point it was saved at. I forget how long this took, but it wasn't more than a few weeks, then they brought up a few servers so people could keep playing the game as it was while they worked on ARR, so you could have still played for awhile before the ARR Beta started, and they let ALOT of people participate in the beta. Basically, all you had to do to be a part of it was ask lol.
Its more interesting to watch someone react to stuff like that who actually knows about the FF universe...
Hi GeeX and welcome to the channel my friend. Happy to have you hear. I loved watching all the FFXIV cinematics as they are absolutely spectacular haha!!
The lore is that Primals(Summons) are created by the fervent prayers of a race. Bahamut was reborn from the prayers for destruction from the tortured dragons that were sealed by humans 5,000 years prior after his original form died.
The old guy was was given the power to become the Phoenix from the prayers of all remaining people who wanted the world to live. Thus he as the Phoenix was going to use the massive overflow of ether from the battle to allow the world to be reborn from the ashes. Enter a Realm Reborn(the 2.X servers)
Oh wow, that is such an awesome story. Hi I_Am_Dragoon and welcome to the channel my friend! Thank you so much for commenting. After viewing this awesome trailer I decided I had to watch the other trailers and see more of this world. I will shortly upload my reaction to those as well. After watching this reaction, I watched the lore video on Bahamut, but your explanation was far more easy to understand so thank you. I can't wait to get into the other trailers and soon the game :) Please don't hesitate to comment in the other videos, I would love to hear your thoughts on them.
@@khanvolution9272 Awesome! And no problem.
Loved the reactions. Got me to enjoy the vid again. Thanks my guys :D
Thanks Rick Singleton, glad to hear it. Welcome to the channel my friend :)
Loved how you wanted Alexander summoned like in FF9
Hi James. Yes, the Alexander vs Bahamut scene was one of the most coolest things I remember from FF9.
gotta love that "ant it's almost 8 minutes long"... 8 minutes later "Dude... Is that it?"
The time flew by so quickly. I could watch Bahamut doing MegaFlare for hours.
"wow! Look how cool that Black Mage is" heh... just wait til the Dragon pops out.
LOL Hi Jeff Martyn!! Yes, my amazement toward the Black Mage was easily overshadowed by the arrival of Bahamut!! Welcome to the channel my friend and can't wait to hear what else you have to say :)
Louisoix's (the old man who fought Bahamut) sad smile after he succeeded in teleporting the warriors away, in a "I can now die in peace" way, ALWAYS makes me tear up.
Especially since the original trailer for FFXIV: A Realm Reborn ended there. So for the longest time, you thought he literally sacrificed himself to save you.
The big fight after is just "fluff" as far as I'm concerned. Sure it looks amazing, and is meant to explain how Bahamut died, but it doesn't have as much of an impact on me as the first part did.
Hi 5il3nc3r, welcome to the channel. This trailer was by far one of the most coolest trailers I have ever seen before. Loved every moments of it and I agree, the first part was spectacular!
Your reactions were great haha. Hope you try the game, its fantastic!
Hi Caius! Welcome to the channel my friend and thanks so much for commenting. I intend to check out all the trailers for this since it has definitely captured my interest. I also want to try this game as you insist and have been reading up on it quite a bit these past few days. From what I've read, the story is pretty awesome! I look forward to trying it, all I need is just the time to actually play it lol! Thanks and please don't hesitate to share your thoughts in other videos as well, I would be happy to read them :)
Awesome man ^^ I've been playing since launch and it's nice to see someone else discover it. Just all around fantastic.@@khanvolution9272
That small guy react as well as Khan. Kid would go far.
Haha thanks Vitaly, he's my cousin and I'll let him know you said that, I'm sure he will appreciate it :)
My favorite bit in this trailer aside from the vocals starting with the war, and looking up to see armeggedon approaching, is when the old guy (I forget his name) gains power and attempts to hold back giga flare and bahamut just goes, F*ck your new power and just shatters it.
Lol I like the way you described it. Welcome to the channel cartooncrazed14, happy to have you here :)
Khanvolution that was probably the fastest i have ever been responded to, by the way if you ever need someone to play ffxiv with you can give me a shout. Admittedly i’m not all that far myself, i’m only halfway through the heavensward expansion
I have yet to start the game myself, but when I do,I'll let you know :)
Just seen your guy's reaction, the game and world of FFXIV is largely story driven and lore heavy, then theres the crossover stuff that happens from time to time, like in near future, Nier:Automata is going to be doing a crossover with FFXIV, I'm pretty hyped for it!
Hi Farrel Swain and welcome to the channel my friend! Wow they're gonna do a crossover with Nier:Automata, that would be something to look forward to indeed. I wonder how they're gonna tie in the crossover. Either way I'm excited hehe.
I've been playing this game since the v1.0 back in 2010. Seeing this was a treat. Let me put this into context. The Flames of Truth was a video we saw after defeating one of the most difficult raids in the game at the time. There was only privileged few who has cleared those raid that got to see this. At the time, I believe there were only 5% of the server population got to see it. Before this, we didn't know what happened to Louisoix, the old guy in the video. But Flames of Truth revealed what happened. Imagine you've witnessed the trailer after you've beaten the raid. Only you and your raid friends knew what really happened. We couldn't really share this with others either because it was a spoiler.
At 6:36, Louisoix came face to face with Hydaelyn. The God in the game. And at 6:43, the twelve, the pantheon of the world who was the benevolent deities of the land. There was no dialog because they communicate in different ways. We have no idea what they said to Louisoix but soon after, Louisoix mustered everything he had to save the world. Did the Twelve said anything to him? What did Hydaelyn say to Louisoix? We don't know yet.
What's even more crazy about this is after completing the latest expasion of 5.0, we became aware that our God; Hydaelyn is not what we have believed it to be. It gave us doubt about Hydaelyn's true motivation. And ask were we just a pawn? It's amazing that these trailer have different meaning every time you clear more story in the game. It's amazing in my opinion.
Hi H Koizumi and welcome to the channel my friend! Thanks for the info pal, I loved watching this cinematic, it was insanely awesome!!! FFXIV is truly an incredible world and I've just begun learning about it a few months ago. I gotta say I'm loving what I'm reading haha!
If you liked this you should react to the rest of the cinematic trailers!
Hi 88Zuke! Welcome to the channel friend and don't worry, after witnessing the awesomeness of this trailer, I would be a fool not to check out the other trailers. I'm gonna call my cousin back to my house and we gonna watch them together so more coming for sure :) Appreciate the comment, and please feel welcome to share your thoughts in the other videos as well, I'd be happy to read them!
Damn...this is a very old trailer...watch the Heavensward, Stromblood and Shadowbringers ones lol!
Hi Rai Rai and welcome to the channel my friend. I believe it's your first time here so thanks so much for commenting, happy to hear from you. I will certainly react to those trailers also as this trailer has certainly made me interested in all things FF14. I'm gonna call my cousin back to my place and watch it together with him :) Please don't hesitate to comment again and share your thoughts with me in the future, happy to read them!
Louisoix goes Super Saiyan
Certainly does!
How awesome to share with your kid.
Haha not my kid, but my cousin.
most mess upstuff about this fight its bahamuth didnt die ... xP there another cutscene about it
Hi Jos Phoenix and welcome to the channel my friend. Oh cool, okay so the calamity still exists. Might you have a link to the extra cutscene? I would love to watch it. Btw please feel free to share your thoughts in any other videos as well, I would be happy to read them. I intend to check out the other trailers for FF14 also since this one was sooo cool!!
@@khanvolution9272 ua-cam.com/video/ch6EIVCTfnU/v-deo.html this is the last cut scene of the final coil of bahamuth through the raid it is revealed that the giant sword liek object search for the pieces of bahamut and were bringing him back to life and what the old man did was in his death due to the excess of power in th eair and th eprayer was becoming a primal a summon and thats how he was able to beat bahamuth
What?!! The old man became a primal summon? That is soo cool man. Thank you for sending the link, I will make sure to check it out with my cousin and share the reaction with you guys :)
In coil t12 you fight the old man cause he was possessed by the remnants of bahamuth is a Interesting piece of content
Dang, this story sound crazy epic. Man I don't have time to play myself but I think I'll watch the lore videos and cutscenes online for sure. I love these intricate stroylines.
This was so cool
Amazing reaction! I've a treat for you though, the full trailer for the newest expansion released a couple weeks ago. You'll certainly love this one! ua-cam.com/video/4tyuIh12_HU/v-deo.html
Hi Daeski and welcome to the channel my friend! Thank you for your comment and the link, I will certainly react to it. These trailers are definitely another form of art meant to be appreciated and I intend to call my cousin over again to react to it with :) Thanks again and please don't hesitate to share links to any other links that you might deem worthy to react to. Plus I would love to hear your thoughts in those videos and any other videos as well :) you are more than welcome to share!
Bahamut used his death to absorb phoenix and later in coil of Bahamut be reborn stronger...so yeah...if you play that dungeon your basically screwed.
if you look to get a good story out of an FF game, then boy, FF14 has a treat for you. specifically the Heavensward and Shadowbringers expansion.
Stormblood is good but doesn't live up to the other 2 expansions it's sandwiched between, and the A Realm Reborn (base game) story is admittedly a bit of a slog, but does it's job in acquainting you with the world, its politics etc. basically the setup that the expansions build on in order to shine.
Oh cool, thanks Andrea. Others have said similar regarding those expansions as well. I've only ever experienced FF through the console games so getting to realize them through the online version will be an entire new experience for me.
There's some ultimate attacks in FFXIV, you should check out the exhibition of Limit Break 3's: ua-cam.com/video/-5qpF8NhSwk/v-deo.html
Oooh wow, I just checked them out. My favorites would have to be the Black Mage's Meteor, Bard's Sagitarrius Arrow, and Astrologian's limit breaks. I love the Mage/sorcerer class so a little biased on that hehe. Thanks for sharing that iddaishan, enjoyed watching it :)
Run away from? Where would they run too? The WORLD is dying at these very moment.. There is NO WHERE to run to.
The Louisoix (The old wizard) became a primal, basically what Bahamut is, through the prayers and dreams of all the people who were depending on him.
HI Chrisfragger1, welcome to the channel man. Thanks for the info, I guess his transformation was when he was in that astral looking place with the crystals. That's cool, he sacrificed himself and was granted immortality as a primal.
If you like lore, ffxiv has more than all the other final fantasy’s put together
Hey Blue Shades, yes I do like lore quite a bit. Do you know of anywhere I can read all this lore, or rather watch it?
Khanvolution unfortunately most of it is text in the non speaking parts of the game. I’ve been playing for almost 2 years and still haven’t fully read all the lore. Buuut if you want pre-ffxiv A Realm Reborn then I HIGHLY recommend the Speakers Network. Especially their short series of the lore of first iteration of the game 1.0 , and “The Fall and Rise of FFXIV”
The Fall and Rise series is more about the games development and release. But the Speakers Network does most of their videos on the lore of FFxiv
Oh okay, yeah 'll check out their videos then. I wish I could say I would read the lore, but if there is quite a lot, I doubt I would have the time to get through much of it. So videos it is then :) Thanks man!
Hi! Just found your channel and love what I've seen! I'd like to request that you react to the Gildedguy story series, all four animations by Gildedguy please! You won't regret it!
Hi Fox Alistair and WELCOME to the channel my friend!! Happy to have you here and really appreciate you commenting. I would be happy to react to your recommendation! Is this the first videos link? Just want to make sure ua-cam.com/video/KFqsbjX8aLs/v-deo.html. Thanks and please feel welcome to share your ideas and any further recommendations in other videos as well. I would be happy to read them :)
@@khanvolution9272 That's it! Thank you so much!
@@khanvolution9272 Also, if it's not too much to ask, Can you react to the videos two at a time? Only because the first one is very short. Thanks again for hearing me out!
Oh yeah no problem, that makes sense, I was actually pondering that myself lol. Sure I will do that. So 1&2 together followed by 3&4. I think I'll call over my cousin again and watch with him since he loves this kind of stuff. Thanks again for the recommendation Fox Alistair :)
@@khanvolution9272 You're welcome! Can't wait to see you guys' reaction! Thank You! : )
FFXIV Meteor is zur best of all Final Fantasy 😊
Hi Chinara Kami, welcome to the channel friend. I'm assuming you mean the attack Meteor? Yes the Meteor has been an incredible symbol for the Final Fantasy franchise and I am eager to see it in FF14. However I'm not sure if you are familiar with a JRPG series, called the Tale of series; I love their version of Meteor Storm as well hehe; particularly Tales of Vesperia's Meteor Storm :)
@@khanvolution9272 i Love Tales of too. And Vesperia is my Favorit 😍
Oooh Awesome! I don't really know very many Tales of fans unfortunately but I love it so much!
Bahamut got pwned
Hi Chad-Meister, welcome to the channel friend! Yes he most certainly did, and so shortly after his release :)
Funny this bahamut not even real one and been prison for 5 thousand year and also weakened yet managed to nearly destroy the world
@Etherious Natsu Dragneel hahaha indeed my friend! If this dragon is the weakened version and been chilling locked up on the moon, then what's the actual dragon like man?!! Welcome to the channel and thanks for commenting. I like your E.N.D username :)
@@khanvolution9272 real bahamut already died 5 thousand year ago sorry I lack knowledge bout his lore tho
The original died like 1,000 years ago or more when the Allagans had reigned. Tiamat, his sister, witnessing his death and the enslavement of her kin, felt rage over the allagans and all of eorzea. Because of this, she accidentally summoned a primal version filled with hate and anger which is what was sealed in Dalamud this whole time. Just imagaine what the ACTUAL Bahamut could have done!
Well, there is not really any place to run.
And if there was, its a little bit too late for that.
So why not watch? Is the last thing you are going to see after all.
I agree entirely! And what a spectacular end it was with an even greater new beginning looming on the horizon!
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Thanks bro :)
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Hi Yogun, thank you so much for watching and for commenting. Appreciate it my friend and welcome to the channel :)